INEC disqualified seven governorship candidates from various parties from participating in the February 28 governorship election after failing to nominate their running mates as at when due.
In its daily bulletin on the election, yesterday, INEC stated that the common offence of the governorship candidates was their inability to nominate their running mates.
The parties and the states affected by the disqualification include: the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) in Delta State; Labour Party (LP) in Niger State and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Ogun State.
Others are the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in Oyo state; United Democratic Party (UDP), in Rivers State; and Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), in Sokoto and Zamfara states respectively.
“Section 187 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) provides that a candidate to the office of a Governor shall not be deemed to be validly nominated for such office unless he appoints another candidate as his running mate who shall occupy the office of Deputy Governor,” the commission said.
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